Rich cognac leather bag, with shiny bling "Handmade" script bag label, cute zipper pull, and a striking ikat cotton print lining... I think so! I think I love this project, and I am so glad it is DONE. What you aren't hearing though, is all the swearing, complaining, regret, and vows to buy an industrial sewing machine that happened during it. This is my project for Stitch Swap, and I love it anyway....

This is going to be a fun week! I am part of a Stitch Swap, that was organized by Stephanie (of Swoodson Says). The participants were randomly partnered up and each mailed 1 yard of fabric to another participant. The rules only said that we make some thing with that fabric, so we could make any type of fabric item we wanted. It will be very fun to see what all of the ladies have come up with!

Thank you so much to all of you that have joined the Bag of the Month Club for 2013.

We have all enjoyed, with much anticipation, waiting to see what new pattern will be sent to us on the first of each month. Even if you haven't made one yet, these are such great patterns to have in your collection.

This has also been a great learning experience for all of us working on the planning and organization of the club. It has been a great success! Watch for next year's club, in Jan of 2015, it's going to be a lot of fun!

On To The Prizes:There were so very many gorgeous bags entered on the flickr group, and it was a large task for the designers to judge them. We all had a difficult time narrowing the winners down to two. The ladies in the club have entered bags in such a high caliber, and you should all be very proud of your work!

The Totes Ma Tote bag pattern has taken a loooooong time to arrive. Almost 1 year, in fact. I carried my first prototype for this back in September of last year! What happened? Life, bag hardware, hockey games... The Bag of the Month Club. All kinds of things happened, but I'm happy to say that it is HERE and I can't wait to show it to you.This is a fantastic bag to show off large prints or even get creative with patchwork. As one of my testers said, "It's like a blank canvas." And it ready for you!

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Welcome to the blog! I'm Janelle, and I run a growing bag making supply and pattern design company up in the very cold areas of Canada. This is the place to find info on upcoming patterns, contests & free sewing tutorials and patterns.

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